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IDF Discovers Docs Revealing Intimate Iran-Hamas-Qatar Partnership Against Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Report
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani makes statements to the media with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Doha, Qatar, Oct. 13, 2023. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
The Israeli military has uncovered in Gaza hidden documents which illuminate the depth of collaboration in recent years between Islamist terrorist group Hamas and its longtime patrons, Iran and Qatar, according to Hebrew media.
Israel’s Channel 12 first reported on the documents, which reportedly show that in May 2021, then-Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh told Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian terrorist group’s leader at the time in Gaza, that Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani had “agreed on discreet financial support” and that “he agreed in principle to supply the resistance discreetly, but he does not want anyone in the world to know. Until now, $11 million has been raised from the emir for the leadership of the movement.”
Haniyeh requested that Sinwar send a letter to Al Thani “in which you will focus on the military campaign, your urgent needs — and dedicate the victory [in the war] to his highness.”
Sinwar reportedly obliged, writing that month following 11 days of battle with Israel. He told Al Thani that “the Egyptians were attempting to restrain the escalation, and we caused them to leave the picture with empty hands. In their place, the Qataris came, and we gave them an opportunity to dictate the fruits of diplomacy.”
In a 2019 communique to Qatar, Haniyeh had described Al Thani’s desert monarchy as “Hamas’s main artery,” leading Channel 12 to suggest such support was crucial for the success of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of and massacre across southern Israel, the largest single-day mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust.
The documents also showed, according to Channel 12, that Qatar and Hamas coordinated to oppose the 2020 Israeli-Palestinian peace plan proposed by then-US President Donald Trump, including with a June 2019 emergency meeting called by Al Thani. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal reportedly told the emir that “we need to cooperate in order to resist the ‘deal of the century’ and thwart it.”
Al Thani reportedly said in a 2020 meeting with Hamas that on the subject of normalization with Israel, “with respect to Palestine — Oman is on one side and we are on the other side.”
According to Channel 12, a secret internal Hamas brief said that if Qatar normalized relations with Israel it would result in “the elimination of the Palestinian national project.”
The document trove also reportedly contains diary notes from the late Haniyeh, who died in a July 31, 2024, targeted killing in Tehran by Israel.
Channel 12 reported that the files also showed close coordination with the Islamic regime in Iran, including that Qatar flew Hamas heads to Iran to attend the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, the powerful commander responsible for overseeing Iran’s proxies and terrorist operations abroad who Trump ordered killed in a Jan. 3, 2020, drone strike that hit Baghdad International Airport. Qatar also reportedly sought to promote the international influence of Iran and Turkey over Egypt.
In May 2022, Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces two years later, wrote to Haniyeh that “it is on you all to begin to prepare the campaign. We must begin immediately with our allies — Iran, Qatar, and Turkey. Qatari and Turkish diplomacy must be in a leading role. Our role is to make it hard for the occupation to breathe and ensure the severing of international actors’ diplomatic ties with them.”
Sinwar reportedly explained to Haniyeh in another communique that Iran did not “want calm or agreements” and that “they don’t want us to establish relations with their rivals or enemies, countries that are establishing normalization with America and the Zionist enemy. But they are ready for ties with Qatar and Turkey.”
An undated memo from the document collection also reportedly said that an Iranian diplomatic official told a Hamas delegation “we are happy about the Qatari-Turkish support for you.”
On May 14, Trump visited Qatar during a three-day Middle East tour — which excluded Israel — where he signed a $1.2 trillion deal with the Hamas-supporting authoritarian state.
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that costs for retrofitting the $400 million Qatari “palace in the sky” plane gifted to Trump could reach as high as $1.5 billion according to an unnamed US official. Rep. Joe Courtney, (D-Conn.) estimated a $1 billion price tag. The US Air Force secretary said it would “probably” cost less than $400 million to retrofit.
Trump had said at the time of receiving the plane that “I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’ But it was — I thought it was a great gesture.”
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.